Cyberattack Disrupts Nigerian Bar Association Elections

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) confirmed a cyberattack on its electronic voting platform on Saturday, which delayed the commencement of the voting process initially scheduled for 12:00 PM WAT. The attack was aimed at disrupting the electoral process, but the ECNBA stated that no votes were compromised as the system was taken offline.

The committee's cybersecurity team worked to restore the platform's integrity, and voting is expected to resume once the system is fully restored. Lawyers reported technical glitches that allegedly disenfranchised voters, with only 17,000 out of 82,000 registered voters casting their votes by 2:30 PM.

Complaints included invalid Supreme Court numbers and widespread OTP failures. Despite these issues, the ECNBA reaffirmed its commitment to conducting a free, fair, and credible election, urging eligible voters to access the official voting portal and disregard any malicious links.